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July 2023
United States Postal History
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- (-) Remove The Van Koppersmith Collection of Ship Mail filter The Van Koppersmith Collection of Ship Mail
red "6" in circle rate paying port of entry fee on incoming folded lettersheet, red oval "Forwarded by Rawle Drinker & Co. Hong Kong" backstamp, very fine
two items, first 1849 folded lettersheet to Sandy Hill, New York with "New-York 7 cts Ship Jul 9" datestamp, endorsed "Steamer Orus, Changres N.G."; second July 9, 1849 folded letter datelined "At Anchor, Navy Bay", carried by Empire City Line steamer Crescent City from Chagres, red "New-York 7 cts Ship Jul 27" datestamp, very fine pair
manuscript port of entry rate on March 5, 1850 folded letter from Hamburg, Germany to New York City, endorsed "Consignee pr Leibnik", "Robert M. Sloman, Ship-Broker, Hamburg" forwarder's handstamp, very fine
integral rate handstamp on folded letter from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico to Lanman & Kemp in New York City, endorsed "pr Sailing Vessel", blue oval "Forwarded by Gruner, Schroders & Co-Mayaguez P.R." handstamp, very fine
red datestamp on January 26, 1850 folded letter written aboard the USS St. Lawrence at Port Mahon, Menorca, addressed to Cincinnati Ohio, "11 My 1850 Liverpool Ship" backstamp, carried on Cunard's Europa arriving New York May 23, manuscript "32cts" debit in Liverpool represents 16c sea postage plus 16c British ship letter fee, upon arrival in New York 10c domestic postage added for a total of 42c due, very fine, ex-Boettger
red datestamp on March 19, 1850 folded letter from Naples, Italy to New York City, carried by Cunard's Europa, 32c postage (24c treaty rate plus 8c Great Britain ship fee) plus 5c inland totaled to 37c, light stains, very fine
red datestamp on folded letter from Querétaro, Mexico to Philadelphia, transit handstamps, very fine
datestamp on folded letter sent from Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland, endorsed "Via Hermann" (Ocean Line), minor separations, still fine and rare, 34c paid 24c transatlantic postage plus 10c inland
black circled "6" handstamp on October 18, 1851 folded letter from Monrovia, Liberia to New York City, very fine, interesting contents about missionary work
datestamp on folded letter from Berge, Saxony to St. Louis, Missouri, straightline "Berge" origin handstamp and manuscript "10/4" rating, Bremen backstamp, carried by Ocean Line Washington from Bremerhaven April 15 arriving New York May 4, "May 19" handstamp suggests advertising, very fine, the listing example of this 25c integral rate handstamp which Winter notes was only in use from May 3 to May 30, 1852
datestamp with matching "8" rate handstamp and manuscript "8" due on folded letter to Chelsea, Massachusetts, endorsed "Pr U.S. Steamer or Bark Nelson Place", docketed "This will probably come by the Bark Nelson Place of Portland" under flap, very fine
perfect strike of datestamp on folded letter from Montevideo, Uruguay to Philadelphia, endorsed "Via Rio", large illustrated "Express Messenger to New Orleans, Per Steamer Louisiana On Thursday next, Dec 5, 185[2]" label, very fine and attractive